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  1. Tattoos & Nursing

    MB37 replied to jadedgreeneyes's topic in General Nursing

    I've only got one and it's covered, same with my piercing. Keep meaning to get more though...My school's policy is that you cannot attend clinicals with either showing. If you have to wear long...

  2. LSUHSC CARE Accelerated BSN program...applicants, graduates?

    MB37 replied to rpbsnrn's topic in Louisiana Nursing

    I wish I was still in CARE...started the program August 11, 2005, and we all know what happened 2 weeks later. I loved LSUHSC for the short time I got to spend there. How is the school doing? My...

  3. Relocation to Tampa FL next year

    MB37 replied to poetryeclipse's topic in Florida Nursing

    USF is extremely competitive. They only look at overall GPA when making admissions decisions, and you'll probably need a minimum of a 3.5, maybe higher for regular upper division. I'm in accelerated,...

  4. How many hours to study in a day?

    MB37 replied to shailee's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I'm maintaining high A's in all three of my classes this summer, and my schedule is: M- class 8:30-6, study 9-2 OR go out T- study 1-6, study 9-2 W- study 1-6, study 9-2 R - class 9-12, study 1-6,...

  5. Scared To Start Nursing School

    MB37 replied to Mustang Sally's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    My first semester is over in 17 days! One piece of advice - strive for As. I know that everyone says C=RN, and I absolutely agree. The thing is, if you strive for Cs, you might fail out. Your...

  6. Relocation to Tampa FL next year

    MB37 replied to poetryeclipse's topic in Florida Nursing

    I moved here sight unseen December of 05 due to DH's job transfer. We rent a 2 bedroom for under $1000/mo, and 1 br's in my area run close to $700. If you're willing to commute from outside the city...

  7. best way to study pharmacology

    MB37 replied to 2bnurse_it's topic in General Students

    We're using the Lehne book too, and it's fantastic. It's written for beginning nursing students, not medical experts, so it's really easy to understand. I focus mainly on what we cover in lecture, but...

  8. Nursing students whose English is a second language

    MB37 replied to incon35's topic in General Students

    English is my first language, but I have a couple of suggestions anyways that can help anyways: 1) If allowed, purchase a voice recorder for lecture. That way if you miss something you can play the...

  9. I made a stupid stupid mistake in my class!!

    MB37 replied to shippoRN's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I took a patho test this semester, and we are allowed to write on our test booklet. We also fill out the scantron, and turn that in. We leave the test booklet at our seat and then leave the room until...

  10. Gastric bypass - psycho

    MB37 replied to brax881's topic in General Nursing

    I have 2 friends who have had the surgery - and are both in great shape, following their diets, and healthy, happy people right now - but one replaced his food addiction with one to alcohol and wound...

  11. Any Private RN program /School In Your Area

    MB37 replied to ladycool's topic in General Nursing

    My school is public, but has no waiting list or entrance exam - University of South Florida. There are prereqs and they admit solely based on

  12. Take 7 classes in one semester to make deadline!?!

    MB37 replied to Butterfly23's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Yeah, split up the psychs and the hard sciences. Nutrition will be easier if you've already had A&P, since you'll know how the digestive system works. ACTnow's schedule sounds great! I really...

  13. Please! Please! Help me! I'm overwhelmed! Prerequisites

    MB37 replied to sweet_april04's topic in General Students

    I go to a major accredited public university. and while we had "labs," with A&P, they were online and consisted of printing out diagrams and memorizing names of body parts. Most people made a 100...

  14. How Nursing Students spend their summers?

    MB37 replied to Krither's topic in General Students

    My program is 4 consecutive semesters, summer/fall/spring/summer, so I'm spending it taking 3 tough classes. I'd rather get it over with than have

  15. Tests don't match lecture, notes or review

    MB37 replied to I_am_Julia's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I had an MD for A&P I and A&P II - same guy for both - who wasn't a very good teacher, and I have another one now for patho who is one of the best instructors I've ever had in my life...

  16. Maxed out on loans- now what?

    MB37 replied to kukukajoo's topic in General Students

    Try fastweb.com - they list all kinds of scholarships you can apply

  17. Linear Algebra?

    MB37 replied to Just A Wanderer's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Linear Algebra and College Algebra have amost nothing to do with each other. I am a math geek - took Calc I my freshman year in high school. I was one class short of a math minor when I got my first...

  18. Do you think it is too late to go into nursing?

    MB37 replied to karen230's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    My NS class has one guy who said he's 52, another lady who looks about his age, and several who are in their 40s. I'm 28 and I'm in the middle. We've got a lot of young kids too, but I feel neither...

  19. How competitive is it?

    MB37 replied to chuckcamp's topic in Florida Nursing

    I'm still up studying...on another allnurses break...my class is only 24 students (actually 23 I think, there's only 11 in my clinical group so one may have dropped) BUT for the first 2 semesters we...

  20. Microbiology and Pathophysiology for Summer semester?

    MB37 replied to eve5483's topic in General Students

    I'm taking patho right now concurrently with pharm AND a third class during a 10 week summer semester, because that's how my program is set up. We get these out of the way in semester 1 before...

  21. the last measure to be performed before surgery

    MB37 replied to GingerSue's topic in General Students

    I know that valium is the benzodiazepine that is commonly given for "pre-anesthesia," and it's not the general anesthetic that will be used to put the patient under for surgery. I don't know the...

  22. Paper: reproductive issues

    MB37 posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I need to write a paper for my ethical/legal class on something to do with reproductive issues. It's supposed to be a persuasive paper, but of course we have to present both sides. I go to a public...

  23. Provigil for shift workers

    MB37 replied to evans_c1's topic in General Nursing

    We just covered madafinil (Provigil) in pharm. It is a CNS stimulant but non-amphetamine. It can be prescribed for narcolepsy, shift-work sleep disorder, and obstructive sleep apnea. The benefits are...

  24. How competitive is it?

    MB37 replied to chuckcamp's topic in Florida Nursing

    My first semester is more than half over, and I'm still alive! It's definitely the most work I've ever done in my life, but I have a high A in every class. This month we have an exam in Pharm every...

  25. How competitive is it?

    MB37 replied to chuckcamp's topic in Florida Nursing

    USF undergrad is much easier to get accepted to. However, I just started the accelerated program in May, so it's not impossible, cuz I'm in it. My total GPA was just under a 3.8, but I believe they...